Case File

American Greed: Bank Robbing Broker

Stephen Trantel is a husband, a father¿and a bank robber. He was once a broker making hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Manhattan trading pits. Unemployed, Trantel embarks on a new career--crime. American Greed¿s season premiere profiles a brazen bank robber¿s story of deceit.

Bank Robbing Broker

The Broker

A New York commodities broker goes on a losing streak. Stephen Trantel is out of a job and hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt. Broke and desperate, he makes an unthinkable decision. The broker turns to bank robbery.

The Secret Life

Trantel's loving family still believes he works in the trading pits. He pretends to leave each morning for work…but secretly goes to the local library. It's easy to learn his new trade. Trantel scours the Internet for bank robbing tips.

The Art of the Heist

Trantel needs money fast. He walks into a bank and steals $10,000 in cash. It's just the beginning. He targets unsuspecting banks on New York's Long Island for easy prey. How far will he go and who will be hurt before he's stopped?

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Stephen Trantel is a husband, a father¿and a bank robber. He was once a broker making hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Manhattan trading pits. Unemployed, Trantel embarks on a new career--crime. American Greed¿s season premiere profiles a brazen bank robber¿s story of deceit.

Stephen Trantel was once a broker making hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Manhattan trading pits. Unemployed, Trantel embarks on a new career¿.one of crime. Trantel describes how he decided to rob a bank and his subsequent research at the local library.

A Manhattan broker turns to a life a crime. Stephen Trantel lost his job in the Manhattan trading pits. Broke and desperate, he began robbing banks on New Yorkâ??s Long Island. Detective Charlie Costello explains how he identified Trantelâ??s fingerprint from the scene of the crime.

A "wanted" poster issued by the Nassau County Police Department. It shows Stephen Trantel’s surveillance photos and gives a description of Trantel, as well as six of his robberies. (Source: Nassau County Police Department, Sgt. Jim Skopek.)